Euronext bids to buy ATHEX
Europe’s biggest stock market company tables proposal for the owner of the Greek bourse.
Ex-OPEKEPE chief had warned PM’s office over ineligible subsidy payments, leaked email shows
A previously undisclosed email sent to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) by Evangelos Simandrakos, former head of Greece’s farm subsidy agency OPEKEPE, has added new dimensions to the ongoing EU agricultural aid scandal, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Cyprus urges re-evaluation of Great Sea Interconnector amid geopolitical tensions
The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), a planned subsea power cable linking continental Europe with the Eastern Mediterranean, should be reassessed in light of current geopolitical conditions, Cypriot sources told Kathimerini, criticizing Greece’s Foreign Ministry for continuing to fund a project with no clear timeline for completion due to objections from Turkey.
Over 25% of Greeks hide savings from their partner
More than one in four Greeks have a savings account that they keep concealed from their partner, according to the findings of a nationwide survey carried out by the smart savings and investment app “Plum.”
Plan to relax building rules in villages
The government plans to allow landowners living in small municipalities (below 2,000 population) greater latitude in building houses, in an attempt to bypass restrictions imposed by a Council of State ruling.
ADMIE presents study on Med power linkup
The cost-benefit study for the Cyprus-Israel section of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), which constitutes the second part of the Greece-Cyprus-Israel electricity interconnection, has been presented to the competent regulatory authorities of Cyprus (CERA) and Israel (PUA) by Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) as the project promoter, in the presence of representatives of the…
Melbourne Greek community mourns pastry icon Batzogiannis
Melbourne’s Greek community is mourning the death of Vassilis “Bill” Batzogiannis, longtime proprietor of International Cakes on Lonsdale Street, who has died aged 76, The Greek Herald reports.
Surveiled phones show officials, and inspectors conniving with farmers
The revelations about the illegal farm subsidies disbursed by the clumsy-sounding Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid, known by its Greek acronym OPEKEPE, show a corruption-riddled system, with the agency too close to the supposedly monitored farmers, and local party members and government officials too close to both.
Nicosia to get €1 bln in funds for overhaul
More than 80 projects with a total cost exceeding 1 billion euros, extending from the urban fabric of Nicosia to the suburban communities of the city, were announced.
Theodorikakos meets Draghi, backs EU productivity roadmap
Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos met with former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi at the 29th Annual Government Roundtable organized by The Economist.